IFFHS World's Best International Goal Scorer

Only international goals from 1 January to 31 December in international matches, Olympic tournaments, FIFA Club World Cup, official matches between the topical continental club champions, and the continental club competitions of FIFA, AFC, CAF, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, OFC and UEFA, as well as, the continental Super Cup matches of the six confederations are taken into consideration.

Dennis Bergkamp, Raí and César Obando won the award with the fewest goals (12 in 1992).

Ali Daei, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Robert Lewandowski and Romelo Lukaku are the only players who have won the award more than once.

[3] Notes:The awards were part of the IFFHS World Football Gala 2012 which took place in Barcelona in May 2012.

[38] For the final list of 15 players, international goals scored from 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2010 were taken into consideration.

French striker Jean-Pierre Papin was the first ever winner of the award, in 1991.
Cristiano Ronaldo is the only player to score 30+ goals in a year.
Humberto Suazo is the only Chilean to win the award.
Brazil striker Ronaldo was the first South American to win the award in 1997.
Miroslav Klose scored the most international goals for his country during the decade, with 58.